BotM December: IGNITION! AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANTS

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > BotM December: IGNITION! AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANTS

Gnoman: Feb 11, 2014; Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme

It is fairly interesting to see how early the complex fuels arose, given that the most famous early rocket (the German A-4/V2) was so simple.

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Gnoman: Feb 11, 2014; Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme

One later chapter discusses purchasing 10 pounds of "play around and find out" chemical at $540 per pound. In 1955 dollars. No pure-science or even industrial program could push like that.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2020 07:42

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